As the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the Disney / Sony JV FilmFlex Movies, Maria created some of the most successful on-demand movie services in Europe from launch, including for Virgin Media cable and broadcaster Channel 4.

Maria is also a global public speaker, including the TEDx talk “Innovating the Impossible”, a BAFTA film and TV judge, and on the Industrial Advisory Board for the University of Essex, School of Computer Science and Engineering.

Mixing a background in Computer Science and Fine Art, she started her career helping innovate the beginning of 3D computer gaming. She was also part of inventing the beginning of multimedia – audio, video and games – on computers.